Medically reviewed by Edmund Khoo, DDS A pulpotomy is a dental procedure that treats infected teeth. It is usually performed ...

[iStockphoto] Inside the innermost part of each tooth, is an area called the pulp. The pulp contains the blood, supply, and nerves for the tooth. So when the pulp, becomes inflamed you develop a ...

Science Advances 2021 The odontoblasts in this mouse tooth are coloured bright green on this scan Enamel has no feeling, unlike the next layer dentine. The dentine connects to the innermost pulp ...

but it can also be used for adults with damaged dental pulp—the mass of connective tissue in the center of the tooth. Pulpotomies are used if the tooth pulp becomes affected by caries (tooth ...